Curtain-hanger adjuster.



No. 663,9l5. Patented Dec. I-8, I900. E. MANES.

CURTAIN HANGER ADJUSTER.

(Application filed Mar. 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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EPHRAIM MANES, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

CURTAIN-HANGER ADJUSTER.

sPEcI'EIcA'rIon forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,915, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed March 3, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM MANES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Hanger Adjuster, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain-hangers, and has for one object to provide a cheap, simple, and durable hanger having means whereby the curtain-shade, together with its roller, may be bodily raised and lowered, so as to admit of ventilation from above the curtain-shade roller and permit the shade and roller to be lowered for allowing light to be transmitted through the upper portion of the window-frame while light is excluded from the lower portion thereof.

A further object of the invention is to permit the shade-roller to be lowered so that the shade may be grasped and operated without rendering it necessary for a person to mount a chair or table or other support in order to reach the shade after it has been moved upward either intentionally'or by accident. In connection with the hanger I employ raising and lowering mechanism, and in connection therewith I employ an automatic clutch, which may be operated by persons standing on the floor for the purpose of raising and lowering-the hanger carrying the shade-roller and shade.

The improvements herein described are not confined alone to curtain-shades, but may with equal advantage be used in connection with maps or charts, awnings, &c., and wherever it is necessary to raise and lower a curtain-shade or other article which is wound or mounted upon a roller.

The improvements will be found of special value in connection with maps and charts, which by means of the construction described may be bodily raised and lowered, so as to bring the desired portions of the map or chart to the proper elevation to suitthe eye of the person examining the same.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear more fully in the course of the ensuing description.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described, illus- Serial No. 7,241. oio model.)

trated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a window casing, showing the improved hanger and raising and lowering means therefor applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the clutch, showing a por+ tion of the window-casing and the manner of mounting the clutch thereon. Fig. 3 is a de-' tail sectional view illustrating the method of cooperation between the movable and fixed clutch members and the operating-cord. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hanger.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The hanger is composed of a piece of stout wire or made from a single rod and comprises a body portion 1, which when the curtain is in place extends substantially parallel to the axis of the curtain-shade roller. The ends of the body portion 1 are bent downward to form pendent arms 2, the extremities of which are provided with bearing-eyes 3 for the reception of the journals or gudgeons -L at the ends of the roller upon which the shade 5 is mounted. Before forming the pendent arms 2 the body portion 1 of the hanger is bent at its opposite ends to form upwardlyextending U-shaped offsets 6, to which the opposite ends of the operating-cord 7 are attached.

The clutch which cooperates with the lowering and raising cord 7 embodiesa movable member 8 and a stationary member 9. The stationary member is in the form of a staple, which is driven into the casing or secured thereto in any desired manner. This also forms the securing device for the movable clutch member and its parts. Thesecuring device is of U shape with the terminal portions substantially in parallel relation and driven into the widow-casing (illustrated at 10) or otherwise secured thereto. One terminal portion of the securingdevice constitutes the stationary member of the clutch and is designated by the numeral 9, while the other portion of the secu ring device'forms a journal (indicated at 11) upon which the movable clutch member is mounted to turn. The working face of the movab e clutch memtoo 25 tory to the application of a new cord to her is curved or roundedand substantially quadrant-shaped, as shown at 12, while the working face of the stationary member is correspondingly rounded for enabling the oper- 'ating-cord to pass horizontally thereto and therefrom without abrasion. The connecting portion 13 of the securing device unites the outer ends of the journal portion and stationaryclutch member, and these parts taken together form an efficient securing device,

whereby the movable clutch member is held in lace. The operating-cord 7 is divided at the poin 14, and its two branches pass upward between the working faces of the fixed and movable clutch members, and thence horizontally in opposite directions, passing through eyes or guides 15 at the upper opposite corners of the frame, the eyes 15 being located at a distance apart equal to the distance between the offsets or loops of the hanger hereinabove described, so that in case the cord should break said offsets may be hooked over the eyes 15 for securing the hanger to the frame preparathe device.

The movable clutch member 8 is provided with an opening 16 to receive the journal upon which it turns and is also extended to form 0 a weighted arm 17, the weight being disposed at the outer end of said arm, where it willhave the greatest leverage. Connected to said weighted arm is an L-shaped lever-arm 18, provided at its extremity with an eye 5 forming a cord-guide 19, through which the branches of the cord 7 pass. Normally this eye or guide is located just beneath and substantially in vertical alineinent with the space of the working faces of the clutch members,

but is adapted to be moved to one side by grasping the cord 7 and deflecting it laterally, so as to cause it to occupy an oblique or inclined position. The weighted arm 17 is also provided with a laterally-extended guard 20,

5 behind which one branch of the cord 7 passes,

the object of said guard being to keep said branch of the cord in proper working relation to the faces of the two clutch members. The movable clutch member 8 is also provided adjacent to the casing with a segmental guardfiange 21 to prevent the cord from rubbing against the window-casing, the cord thus sliding between the'guards 20 and 21.

When it is desired to raise the hanger and the curtain and its roller carried thereby, the

lower end of the cord 7 is moved toward one side of the window-casing and drawn down,

which causes the lever-arm 18 to be vibrated, thereby moving the working face of the clutch member 8 away from the corresponding face of the stationaryclutch member. This alheight, the cord is quickly released, where upon the weighted arm throws the movable clutch member into position to grip and firmly thus be seen that the clutch operates aut0-- matically to engage the operating-cord and sustains the shade-hanger at any desired elevation. The device is simple in construc- 'tion,"not liable to get out of order, and may 'be manufactured at a minimum cost, and

possesses strength and durability. The device is notonly applicable. to. ordinary our tain shadesand rollers, but may with equal advantage be applied, as previously stated, I to maps,:charts,-:awnings, and other articles 1 which'are mounted upon rollers and wherever it is desirable to raiseand lowersuchlrollers. From the foregoing it is thought that the construction,- operation, and many advantages of the" herein-describedcurtain-hanger will be apparent .to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will .be understood that changes in the s-i ze,.shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to-without departin'gfrom the'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. A clutch for curtain-raising devices comprisinga staple designed to. be driven. into 'a window-casing,and'aclutchmembermounted upon one shank of the staple and inopera tive relation to the other shankthereof.

2. A clutch for curtain-raising devices comprising a staple designed to be driven into a window-casing, a clutch member mounted upon one shank of the staple and in operative relationwith the other-shank thereof, and means for effecting theoperation of-the clutchmember through the manipulation of a curtain-cord.

' 3. A clutch for. curtain-raising devices comprisinga staple designed to-bed-rive'n into a window-casing, a clutch member 'pivotally mounted upon one shank of the staple and in operative relation to the'other shank thereof,

and guide devices carried by the clutch memher for the guidance of a curtain-cord.

4. The combination with a hanger and operating-cord, of a clutchtcomprising a'fixed member, a pivoted member, and-cord=guides carried by the pivoted member and located IIO pivotally related thereto, a weighted arm on the movable member for throwing it into engagement with the operating-cord, a leverarm connected to the Weighted arm and having a terminal cord-guide, and a second cordguide and guard-finger both extending from the upper side of the weighted arm and designed for the guidance of a cord.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 25 the presence of two Witnesses.

EPHRAIM MANES. WVitnesses:

D. L. DUNCAN, CHAS. O. ANDERSON. 

